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• This disclosure relates generally to apparatus and methods for channel error control. More particularly, the disclosure relates to channel error control of nonexclusive multiplexing of control channels, e.g., forward link control signaling.
• Wireless communication systems provide a variety of communication services to mobile users that are away from the fixed telecommunications infrastructure or are moving. These wireless systems employ radio transmissions to interconnect mobile devices with various base stations in the service area.
• the base stations are connected to mobile switching centers which route connections to and from the mobile devices to others on various communication networks such as the public switched telephony network (PSTN), Internet, etc.
• PSTN public switched telephony network
• users that are away from their fixed sites or are on the move may receive various communication services such as voice telephony, paging, messaging, email, data transfers, video, Web browsing, etc.
• PSTN public switched telephony network
• users that are away from their fixed sites or are on the move may receive various communication services such as voice telephony, paging, messaging, email, data transfers, video, Web browsing, etc.
• Due to the use of radio frequencies for wireless interconnection all mobile users must agree on a common set of protocols to share the scarce radio spectrum allocated for wireless communication services.
• One important protocol relates to the access
• a method for non-exclusive multiplexing of at least one active control channel comprising preparing the at least one active control channel for transmission in a next frame using a transmitter data processor; assessing channel robustness of the at least one active control channel based on a channel robustness threshold; and if the channel robustness threshold is not met, performing constellation control or power control on the at least one active control channel prior to transmitting the at least one active control channel; or if the channel robustness threshold is met, transmitting the at least one active control channel using a transmitter.
• a base station for non-exclusive multiplexing of at least one active control channel, the base station comprising: a transmitter data processor for preparing the at least one active control channel for transmission in a next frame; a control processor for assessing channel robustness of the at least one active control channel based on a channel robustness threshold; and a symbol modulator coupled to the control processor for performing constellation control or power control on the at least one active control channel, prior to transmission of the at least one active control channel, if the channel robustness threshold is not met; and a transmitter for transmitting the at least one active control channel if the channel robustness threshold is met.
• a base station for non-exclusive multiplexing of at least one active control channel, the base station comprising means for preparing the at least one active control channel for transmission in a next frame using a transmitter data processor; means for assessing channel robustness of the at least one active control channel based on a channel robustness threshold; and means for performing constellation control or power control on the at least one active control channel, prior to transmitting the at least one active control channel, if the channel robustness threshold is not met; or means for transmitting the at least one active control channel if the channel robustness threshold is met.
• a computer-readable medium including program code stored thereon, comprising: program code for preparing the at least one active control channel for transmission in a next frame using a transmitter data processor; program code for assessing channel robustness of the at least one active control channel based on a channel robustness threshold; and program code for performing constellation control or power control on the at least one active control channel, prior to transmitting the at least one active control channel, if the channel robustness threshold is not met; or program code for transmitting the at least one active control channel if the channel robustness threshold is met.
• Advantages of the present disclosure may include (1) allowing channel robustness of non-exclusive multiplexing to be specified and guaranteed frame -by- frame, (2) allowing specified channel robustness of non-exclusive multiplexing to be achieved with minimum necessary power increase frame-by-frame, and (3) allowing non-exclusive multiplexing to outperform exclusive multiplexing in over-the-air (OTA) efficiency at the cost of higher system complexity.
• OTA over-the-air
• Figure 1 is a block diagram illustrating an example access node/UE system.
• Figure 2 illustrates an example of a wireless communications system that supports a plurality of users.
• Figure 3 illustrates an example diagram of an exclusive multiplexing of a control channel, e.g., forward link control signaling (FLCS).
• FLCS forward link control signaling
• Figure 4 illustrates an example diagram of a non-exclusive multiplexing of a control channel, e.g., forward link control signaling (FLCS).
• FLCS forward link control signaling
• Figure 5 illustrates three examples of modulation constellations.
• Figure 6 illustrates an example of an exclusive multiplexing constellation.
• Figure 7 illustrates an example of a non-exclusive multiplexing constellation using a 4-bit embedded destination address.
• Figure 8 illustrates an example of a non-exclusive multiplexing constellation using destination address for scrambling.
• Figure 9 illustrates an example of a non-exclusive multiplexing constellation and power control.
• Figure 10 illustrates an example block diagram for non-exclusive multiplexing of a control channel, e.g., forward link control signaling (FLCS) with error control.
• FLCS forward link control signaling
• FIG 11 illustrates an example flow diagram for non-exclusive multiplexing of a control channel, e.g., forward link control signaling (FLCS).
• FLCS forward link control signaling
• Figure 12 illustrates an example of a device comprising a processor in communication with a memory for executing the processes for channel error performance control of non-exclusive multiplexing of a control channel, e.g., forward link control signaling (FLCS).
• FLCS forward link control signaling
• Figure 13 illustrates an example of a device suitable for channel error performance control of non-exclusive multiplexing of a control channel, e.g., forward link control signaling (FLCS).
• FLCS forward link control signaling
• FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating an example access node/UE system 100.
• the access node/UE system 100 illustrated in Figure 1 may be implemented in an FDMA environment, an OFDMA environment, a CDMA environment, a WCDMA environment, a TDMA environment, a SDMA environment or any other suitable wireless environment.
• the access node/UE system 100 includes an access node 101 (a.k.a. base station) and a user equipment or UE 201 (a.k.a. wireless communication device or mobile station).
• the access node 101 (a.k.a. base station) includes a transmit (TX) data processor
• TX transmit
• a I lO that accepts, formats, codes, interleaves and modulates (or symbol maps) traffic data and provides modulation symbols (a.k.a.
• the TX data processor A 110 is in communication with a symbol modulator A 120.
• the symbol modulator A 120 accepts and processes the data symbols and downlink pilot symbols and provides a stream of symbols.
• symbol modulator A 120 is in communication with processor A 180 which provides configuration information.
• Symbol modulator A 120 is in communication with a transmitter unit (TMTR) A 130.
• the symbol modulator A 120 multiplexes the data symbols and downlink pilot symbols and provides them to the transmitter unit A 130.
• Each symbol to be transmitted may be a data symbol, a downlink pilot symbol or a signal value of zero.
• the downlink pilot symbols may be sent continuously in each symbol period.
• the downlink pilot symbols are frequency division multiplexed (FDM).
• the downlink pilot symbols are orthogonal frequency division multiplexed (OFDM). In yet another aspect, the downlink pilot symbols are code division multiplexed (CDM).
• the transmitter unit A 130 receives and converts the stream of symbols into one or more analog signals and further conditions, for example, amplifies, filters and/or frequency upconverts the analog signals, to generate an analog downlink signal suitable for wireless transmission. The analog downlink signal is then transmitted through antenna 140.
• the UE 201 includes antenna 210 for receiving the analog downlink signal and inputting the analog downlink signal to a receiver unit (RCVR) B 220.
• the receiver unit B 220 conditions, for example, filters, amplifies, and frequency downconverts the analog downlink signal to a first "conditioned” signal. The first "conditioned” signal is then sampled.
• the receiver unit B 220 is in communication with a symbol demodulator B 230.
• the symbol demodulator B 230 demodulates the first "conditioned” and "sampled" signal (a.k.a. data symbols) outputted from the receiver unit B 220.
• One skilled in the art would understand that an alternative is to implement the sampling process in the symbol demodulator B 230.
• the symbol demodulator B 230 is in communication with a processor B 240.
• Processor B 240 receives downlink pilot symbols from symbol demodulator B 230 and performs channel estimation on the downlink pilot symbols. In one aspect, the channel estimation is the process of characterizing the current propagation environment.
• the symbol demodulator B 230 receives a frequency response estimate for the downlink leg from processor B 240.
• the symbol demodulator B 230 performs data demodulation on the data symbols to obtain data symbol estimates on the downlink path.
• the data symbol estimates on the downlink path are estimates of the data symbols that were transmitted.
• the symbol demodulator B 230 is also in communication with a RX data processor B 250.
• the RX data processor B 250 receives the data symbol estimates on the downlink path from the symbol demodulator B 230 and, for example, demodulates (i.e., symbol demaps), interleaves and/or decodes the data symbol estimates on the downlink path to recover the traffic data.
• the processing by the symbol demodulator B 230 and the RX data processor B 250 is complementary to the processing by the symbol modulator A 120 and TX data processor A I lO, respectively.
• the UE 201 includes a TX data processor B 260. The
• TX data processor B 260 accepts and processes traffic data to output data symbols.
• the TX data processor B 260 is in communication with a symbol modulator D 270.
• the symbol modulator D 270 accepts and multiplexes the data symbols with uplink pilot symbols, performs modulation and provides a stream of symbols.
• symbol modulator D 270 is in communication with processor B 240 which provides configuration information.
• the symbol modulator D 270 is in communication with a transmitter unit B 280.
• Each symbol to be transmitted may be a data symbol, an uplink pilot symbol or a signal value of zero.
• the uplink pilot symbols may be sent continuously in each symbol period.
• the uplink pilot symbols are frequency division multiplexed (FDM).
• the uplink pilot symbols are orthogonal frequency division multiplexed (OFDM).
• the uplink pilot symbols are code division multiplexed (CDM).
• the transmitter unit B 280 receives and converts the stream of symbols into one or more analog signals and further conditions, for example, amplifies, filters and/or frequency upconverts the analog signals, to generate an analog uplink signal suitable for wireless transmission.
• the analog uplink signal is then transmitted through antenna 210.
• the analog uplink signal from UE 201 is received by antenna 140 and processed by a receiver unit A 150 to obtain samples.
• the receiver unit A 150 conditions, for example, filters, amplifies and frequency downconverts the analog uplink signal to a second "conditioned” signal.
• the second "conditioned” signal is then sampled.
• the receiver unit A 150 is in communication with a symbol demodulator C 160.
• the symbol demodulator C 160 performs data demodulation on the data symbols to obtain data symbol estimates on the uplink path and then provides the uplink pilot symbols and the data symbol estimates on the uplink path to the RX data processor A 170.
• the data symbol estimates on the uplink path are estimates of the data symbols that were transmitted.
• the RX data processor A 170 processes the data symbol estimates on the uplink path to recover the traffic data transmitted by the wireless communication device 201.
• the symbol demodulator C 160 is also in communication with processor A 180.
• Processor A 180 performs channel estimation for each active terminal transmitting on the uplink leg.
• multiple terminals may transmit pilot symbols concurrently on the uplink leg on their respective assigned sets of pilot subbands where the pilot subband sets may be interlaced.
• Processor A 180 and processor B 240 direct (i.e., control, coordinate or manage, etc.) operation at the access node 101 (a.k.a. base station) and at the UE 201, respectively.
• processor A 180 and processor B 240 are associated with one or more memory units (not shown) for storing of program codes and/or data.
• processor A 180 or processor B 240 or both perform computations to derive frequency and impulse response estimates for the uplink leg and downlink leg, respectively.
• the access node/UE system 100 is a multiple-access system.
• a multiple-access system e.g., FDMA, OFDMA, CDMA, TDMA, SDMA, etc.
• multiple terminals transmit concurrently on the uplink leg.
• the pilot subbands may be shared among different terminals. Channel estimation techniques are used in cases where the pilot subbands for each terminal span the entire operating band (possibly except for the band edges). Such a pilot subband structure is desirable to obtain frequency diversity for each terminal.
• Figure 2 illustrates an example of a wireless communications system 290 that supports a plurality of users.
• reference numerals 292A to 292G refer to cells
• reference numerals 298A to 298G refer to base stations (BS) or base transceiver station (BTS)
• reference numerals 296A to 296J refer to access User Equipments (UE).
• Cell size may vary. Any of a variety of algorithms and methods may be used to schedule transmissions in system 290.
• System 290 provides communication for a number of cells 292A through 292G, each of which is serviced by a corresponding base station 298A through 298G, respectively.
• Inter-system i.e., inter-radio access technology (IRAT) transition
• IRAT inter-radio access technology
• handover occurs when an ongoing call is transitioned between a cell of one network and a cell of another network. Such a transition may occur, for example, between a WCDMA site and a GSM site.
• Multiplexing is a generic technique in wireless communications to share communication resources among a plurality of users.
• communication resources such as time slots and/or frequency channels are shared in a systematic manner for common usage of the propagation medium by several users.
• multiplexing methods There are two general types of multiplexing methods: exclusive (dedicated) and non-exclusive (shared).
• Exclusive multiplexing techniques may be used to provide an orderly sharing of scarce resources, and exclusive multiplexing techniques are robust in a wireless propagation environment.
• non-exclusive multiplexing techniques may be used for improved resource efficiency since they do not require exclusive resource assignments.
• a desirable goal in wireless system design is to attain the high resource efficiency of non-exclusive multiplexing techniques simultaneously with the channel robustness properties of exclusive multiplexing techniques.
• FLCS forward link control signaling
• FLCS can be viewed as a control channel for transporting various signaling channels between mobile terminals and the wireless network.
• Signaling channels are overhead channels in a wireless system for supporting the management and control of user channels which carry the desired information.
• OTA over-the-air
• FLCS is exclusively allocated among mobile terminals and has high OTA resource utilization efficiency.
• exclusive multiplexing include time-division multiplexing (TDM), frequency-division multiplexing (FDM), and code-division multiplexing (CDM), with or without transmission diversity, and combinations of some or all of the above.
• TDM time-division multiplexing
• FDM frequency-division multiplexing
• CDM code-division multiplexing
• fully exclusive FLCS multiplexing ensures system operation robustness of the overhead signaling channels at the cost of utilization of scarce OTA resources which are shared between FLCS and forward link (FL) user data. That is, the availability of resources for user data channels is diminished when exclusive multiplexing is employed for the FLCS.
• Improved OTA efficiency may be attained by non-exclusive multiplexing at the cost of imperfect isolation among destinations as well as weakened immunity towards channel distortion.
• non-exclusive multiplexing multiple mobile terminals monitor shared OTA resources for potential FLCS signaling channels.
• error validation may not be correct due to channel errors. If the channel error mitigation strategy is simply to assign more scarce OTA resources, then the usefulness of non-exclusive multiplexing is limited.
• the non-exclusive multiplexing approach of the present disclosure is directed towards robustness against channel errors to allow a non-exclusive multiplexing scheme as a true alternative to exclusive multiplexing for OTA efficiency improvement in mobile wireless communication systems. And, the non-exclusive multiplexing approach is not limited to FLCS.
• FLCS multiplexing design may employ exclusive multiplexing for control of individual mobile terminals.
• exclusive multiplexing can be achieved through TDM, where individual mobiles are assigned separate and dedicated time slots for monitoring and receiving FLCS from base stations without ambiguity.
• Exclusive multiplexing can also be achieved through FDM, CDM, etc., or combination of any multiplexing schemes, where mobile terminals are assigned separate and dedicated logical channel resources for FLCS to reach individual mobiles individually.
• Figure 3 illustrates an example diagram of an exclusive multiplexing of a control channel, e.g., forward link control signaling (FLCS).
• FLCS forward link control signaling
• Ethernet packet transmission typically assumes ideal transport, provided either from near-perfect physical channel characteristics or through use of a retransmission protocol when latency is tolerable. In either case, the destination address or device identification is embedded within the received message to indicate the intended destination of the packet.
• FIG. 4 illustrates an example diagram of an non-exclusive multiplexing of a control channel, e.g., forward link control signaling (FLCS).
• FLCS forward link control signaling
• F-SCCH Ultra Mobile Broadband
• UMB Ultra Mobile Broadband
• CRC cyclic redundancy check
• each mobile receiver carries out Viterbi decoding once per monitored and received F-SCCH message before de-scrambling in at least two different times with a broadcast MAC ID and a unicast MAC ID.
• the resultant CRC code is then validated to confirm the following: (1) the F-SCCH message has been received correctly, and (2) the F-SCCH message is intended for the mobile terminal.
• Non-exclusive multiplexing error means loss of throughput for user data, but it could also have greater implications for control signaling. Therefore, it is desirable to enhance channel error control of non-exclusive multiplexing without losing its efficiency advantage.
• the problem of channel robustness in nonexclusive multiplexing can be analyzed and compensated at the transmitter, for example, using multiplexing constellation, similar to that of modulation constellation.
• error control for non-exclusive multiplexing includes using multiplexing constellation to determine how channel errors turn into multiplexing errors.
• Nonexclusive multiplexing constellation is time-varying depending on the need for signaling to active users, and multiplexing performance can be improved by means of constellation control and power control.
• FIG. 5 illustrates three examples of modulation constellations. Modulation constellations such as quaternary phase shift keying (QPSK), 16-QAM (16-quadrature amplitude modulation), 64-QAM (64- quadrature amplitude modulation), as shown in Figure 5, are commonly used. Given the transmission power as a constraint, the highest modulation order possible within desired noise immunity is usually selected.
• Figure 6 illustrates an example of an exclusive multiplexing constellation. Applying a similar concept, multiplexing channel robustness can be analyzed with the example multiplexing constellation as shown in Figure 6 for exclusive multiplexing.
• non-exclusive multiplexing constellations can often look very similar to modulation constellations when the destination address is embedded as part of payload.
• Figure 7 illustrates an example of a non-exclusive multiplexing constellation using a 4-bit embedded destination address, which allows up to 16 users to share the logical channel.
• the destination address is embedded in the message payload. With proper scheduling, the channel robustness improves as the spacing increases among constellation points with decreasing number of users.
• Figure 7 illustrates a 4-bit embedded destination address being used by the non-exclusive multiplexing constellation, one skilled in the art would understand that other quantity of bits (e.g., r-bit) can be used for the embedded destination address without affecting the scope or spirit of the present disclosure.
• a non-exclusive multiplexing constellation can sometimes be more dynamic and difficult to analyze when the message is scrambled with destination address as part of the key.
• Figure 8 illustrates an example of a non-exclusive multiplexing constellation using destination address for scrambling.
• the non-exclusive multiplexing constellation includes a message payload that is scrambled by the designation address.
• Data dependent cyclic redundancy check (CRC) codes and time based scrambling of the F-SCCH channel result in a time-varying and uniformly distributed constellation.
• the spacing among constellation points commonly used as indication of channel robustness, becomes a random variable with the same worst case distance independent of the number of users.
• the performance metric of channel robustness for data modulation is the average spacing in a selected modulation constellation which is static and fully populated.
• the performance metric also assumes equal impact from all errors.
• the metric of average spacing is not appropriate for a multiplexing constellation given that some errors may affect system operation more than others. Consequently, the minimum spacing in the multiplexing constellation is important. Also, the minimum spacing in the multiplexing constellation may not improve when operating with fewer mobile terminals.
• the random and dynamic nature of non- exclusive multiplexing constellations prevents conventional solutions from effectively improving the channel robustness performance.
• FIG. 9 illustrates an example of a non-exclusive multiplexing constellation and power control.
• the constellation control serves to remove as few constellation points as necessary with as much gain as possible in minimum spacing among constellation points. Removal of constellation points implies canceling or deferring planned control signaling to specific mobile terminals, which, for example, requires cross-layer collaboration with MAC layer protocols or higher layer protocols.
• the transmission power level for individual control signaling can be further adjusted to scale the multiplexing constellation within the allowed range, subject to other system constraints.
• the metric for the minimum spacing of a multiplexing constellation is the Hamming distance between the two CRC codes, one under a perfect channel (no channel errors) condition and the other under a non-perfect channel (with channel errors) condition.
• the CRC code of the channel error corrupted message sequence is simply the Galois Field modulo 2 (GF(2)) sum (also known as the exclusive OR, i.e., XOR) of the CRC code of the message sequence without channel errors and the CRC code of the error syndrome sequence.
• GF(2) Galois Field modulo 2
• CRC(m(x) ⁇ e(x)) CRC(m(x)) ⁇ CRC(e(x)) (1) where m(x)is the message sequence and e ⁇ x) is the error syndrome sequence.
• a practical implementation is to use a look-up table of pre-computed CRC codes of possible error syndromes under a reasonable SNR operating range. For example, a subset of all possible 2" error syndrome sequences for an n-bit long CRC code can be used to avoid a fully exhaustive error syndrome space search. For each transmit message with possible non-exclusive multiplexing (depending on the number of active MAC IDs) a minimum distance of the corresponding CRC code can be computed by taking the minimum CRC code distance (e.g., Hamming distance) over all possible CRC codes of channel corrupted message sequences, which is the XOR of original CRC code with the CRC code of error syndrome from the look-up table.
• the minimum CRC code distance e.g., Hamming distance
• Figure 10 illustrates an example block diagram for non-exclusive multiplexing of a control channel, e.g., forward link control signaling (FLCS) with error control.
• FLCS forward link control signaling
• FIG 11 illustrates an example flow diagram for non-exclusive multiplexing of a control channel, e.g., forward link control signaling (FLCS).
• FLCS forward link control signaling
• the control channel is a forward link control signaling (FLCS).
• the step of preparing the at least one control channel for transmission is performed by a transmitter data processor, similar to the TX data processor A I lO shown in Figure 1.
• block 1120 assess channel robustness of the at least one control channel.
• one or more of the following metrics are used for assessing channel robustness: signal-to-noise ratio (SNR), fade rate, bit error rate, frame error rate, etc.
• SNR signal-to-noise ratio
• fade rate bit error rate
• frame error rate etc.
• the step of assessing channel robustness is performed by a control processor, similar to the processor A 180 shown in Figure 1.
• a channel robustness threshold is used for assessing channel robustness.
• the channel robustness threshold is one or more of the following: minimum signal-to-noise ratio (SNR), maximum fade rate, maximum bit error rate, maximum frame error rate, etc. For example, if the channel robustness threshold is met, the channel is considered robust. If, however, the channel robustness is not met, the channel is considered not robust. Following block 1120, in block 1130, determine if the channel robustness threshold is met. If the channel robustness threshold is not met, proceed to block 1140. If the channel robustness threshold is met, proceed to block 1150.
• SNR signal-to-noise ratio
• the constellation control or power control perform constellation control or power control of the at least one control channel which is active. For example, as shown in Figure 9, one constellation point in the constellation is eliminated to reduce channel error. In one example, the constellation point that is eliminated has the minimum distance (e.g., Hamming distance) from another constellation point. In one example, the constellation includes a cyclic redundancy check (CRC) code. In one example, the step of performing constellation control is performed by a symbol modulator, similar to the symbol modulator A 120 shown in Figure 1.
• CRC cyclic redundancy check
• the transmitting step is performed by a transmitter, similar to the transmitter A 130 shown in Figure 1.
• the at least one control channel is transmitted with a modified constellation (i.e., the constellation is adjusted) and modified transmission power levels.
• the at least one control channel is transmitted using one of the following: time division multiplexing (TDM), frequency division multiplexing (FDM), code division multiplexing (CDM) or a hybrid of any of these three multiplexing schemes.
• TDM time division multiplexing
• FDM frequency division multiplexing
• CDM code division multiplexing
• FLCS forward link control signaling
• UMB Ultra Mobile Broadband
• the processing units may be implemented within one or more application specific integrated circuits (ASICs), digital signal processors (DSPs), digital signal processing devices (DSPDs), programmable logic devices (PLDs), field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs), processors, controllers, micro-controllers, microprocessors, other electronic units designed to perform the functions described therein, or a combination thereof.
• ASICs application specific integrated circuits
• DSPs digital signal processors
• DSPDs digital signal processing devices
• PLDs programmable logic devices
• FPGAs field programmable gate arrays
• processors controllers, micro-controllers, microprocessors, other electronic units designed to perform the functions described therein, or a combination thereof.
• the implementation may be through modules (e.g., procedures, functions, etc.) that perform the functions described therein.
• the software codes may be stored in memory units and executed by a processor unit.
• the steps or functions described herein may be implemented in hardware, software, firmware, or any combination thereof. If implemented in software, the functions may be stored on or transmitted over as one or more instructions or code on a computer-readable medium.
• Computer-readable media includes both computer storage media and communication media including any medium that facilitates transfer of a computer program from one place to another.
• a storage media may be any available media that can be accessed by a computer.
• such computer-readable media can comprise RAM, ROM, EEPROM, CD-ROM or other optical disk storage, magnetic disk storage or other magnetic storage devices, or any other medium that can be used to carry or store desired program code in the form of instructions or data structures and that can be accessed by a computer.
• any connection is properly termed a computer-readable medium.
• the software is transmitted from a website, server, or other remote source using a coaxial cable, fiber optic cable, twisted pair, digital subscriber line (DSL), or wireless technologies such as infrared, radio, and microwave
• the coaxial cable, fiber optic cable, twisted pair, DSL, or wireless technologies such as infrared, radio, and microwave are included in the definition of medium.
• Disk and disc includes compact disc (CD), laser disc, optical disc, digital versatile disc (DVD), floppy disk and blu-ray disc where disks usually reproduce data magnetically, while discs reproduce data optically with lasers. Combinations of the above should also be included within the scope of computer-readable media.
• FIG. 12 illustrates an example of a device 1200 comprising a processor 1210 in communication with a memory 1220 for executing the processes for channel error performance control of non-exclusive multiplexing of a control channel, e.g., forward link control signaling (FLCS).
• FLCS forward link control signaling
• the device 1200 is used to implement the algorithm illustrated in Figure 11.
• Figure 13 illustrates an example of a device 1300 suitable for channel error performance control of non-exclusive multiplexing of a control channel, e.g., forward link control signaling (FLCS).
• the device 1300 is implemented by at least one processor comprising one or more modules configured to provide different aspects of channel error performance control of non-exclusive multiplexing of a control channel, e.g., forward link control signaling (FLCS) as described herein in blocks 1310, 1320, 1330, 1340 and 1350.
• FLCS forward link control signaling
• each module comprises hardware, firmware, software, or any combination thereof.
• the device 1300 is also implemented by at least one memory in communication with the at least one processor.

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